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Steinberg marks 30 years of VST with the Classics Collection, which includes the first VST synth
Relive the early days of software instruments, or experience what they were like for the first time
“Some sounds never go out of style”: Universal Audio makes two classic reverbs used by The Beatles, Radiohead and Brian Eno available natively
UA's emulations of the historic EMT 140 and EMT 250 can now be used without Apollo or UAD hardware
Best guitar VSTs 2026: Get the best simulated guitar tones for your next production
My pick of the best guitar VST instruments will get great guitar tones for your productions, even if you’ve never played guitar before
Eliminate those pesky hours of laborious EQing with MIXVAULT, a new approach to addressing your tonal balance without leaving your creative flow
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Eliminate those pesky hours of laborious EQing with MIXVAULT, a new approach to addressing your tonal balance without leaving your creative flow
Illformed Glitch2 multi-effects plugin made available for free following its creator's passing
Originally released in 2013, Glitch2 is designed to "slice, dice, chop, screw, twist, turn and mangle your sounds into radical new forms"
Beatbox your ideas into reality with Vochlea's DubBox, an app that converts your voice into drum loops
"DubBox is for the beatmaker whose beat is already in their mouth. Beatbox in, finished drum loop out"
How Charli XCX's producers ran a jam session through an AI sampling plugin to make No One Lasts Forever
AG Cook and Finn Keane appeared on the Tape Notes podcast with Charli to talk through the making of three tracks from new project Music, Fashion, Film
AG Cook and Native Instruments team up for signature synth plugin Super*Saw
A supersaw on steroids, this new soft synth captures Cook’s signature sound, heard on records from Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Beyoncé
